The City Council of Logroño has brought 48 new smart cameras into operation to improve security and traffic flow in selected areas of the city. Mayor Conrado Escobar and the councillor responsible for internal affairs Francisco Iglesias presented the measure on Friday. According to them, the expansion focuses on busy areas of the city centre, key crossings over the Ebro and industrial areas.
One focus is the RETECH project for Gemelos Digitales de Seguridad Ciudadana. For this, 20 cameras are being installed at key locations: around the Biblioteca Rafael Azcona, at the pedestrian bridge over the Ebro, at the Puente de Piedra, in the Polígono Industrial Las Cañas and at the Torre de Logroño. From the Torre’s elevated position, a rotating camera with a 360-degree view is intended to help detect wider incidents more quickly, such as fires, flooding or other dangerous situations.
Another 20 cameras are part of the Gemelos Digitales de Flujos de Movilidad project. They are being installed in various parts of the Casco Antiguo, including in Calle Laurel and adjoining streets, in Portales and San Agustín streets, and at Plaza del Mercado and around the Logroño City Council. The systems are intended primarily to analyse the flow of people and vehicles, identify bottlenecks and help manage large crowds.
The city stresses that the equipment is intended both to support public safety and to manage urban traffic. This includes assessing situations at bridges and squares more quickly, monitoring access roads to industrial areas and making early assessments of the effects of local extreme weather at sensitive locations. According to the city, the cameras will be integrated into existing control-room procedures.
On Friday, the city provided no further details on the distribution of the remaining cameras beyond the locations already mentioned. It is clear that Logroño’s expansion adds to an existing network of city video technology. Officials point to the RETECH programme framework and its planned digital twins (Gemelos Digitales), which are intended to bring together data from different sensors. A debate is expected in the city about how the expanded use of cameras can be reconciled with data protection and transparency requirements. The administration has said it will comply with legal requirements and tailor technical and organisational measures accordingly.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).